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No. 445,079. Patented Jan 20,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. PICKLES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,079, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed December 9, 1889. Serial No. 333,120. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, CHARLES K. PICKLES, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful 5 Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

[0 My invention relates to certain improvements in roll-paper holders and cutters; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

I 5 Figure I is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. II is a top view with the roll of paper shown in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a suitable base, from which extends a vertical shaft or rod 2,to which the knife is secured by suitable clamps 4. On the upper surface of the base 1 is formed a hollow extension 5, in which loosely fits the lower end of a stem 6, eccentric to and carrying a disk or plate 7, the stem having preferably an arm 8 extending to or about the center of the disk 7, and from the disk extends a rod or core 9, over which the roll of paper 10 is placed. The roll of paper rests upon and is supported by the disk 7, and is allowed to turn freely thereon around the rod or core 9 as the paper is removed. On the upper end of the extension 5 are inclined bearing faces or surfaces 11, against which bear pins or projections 12, extending from the stem 6. The tendency of the weight of the roll is to move these pins or projections 12 down the inclines 11,and in doing so turns the stem 6, which, as shown in Fig. I, is inside or nearer to the knife 3 than the center of the roll of paper, so that as the size of the roll decreases the bearing of the pins 12 on the inclines 11 will cause the center of the roll of paper to approach the knife 3, and thus the roll is held constantly against the knife. The disk 7 is provided with a notch or cutaway portion 13, as shown in Fig. 11, so as not to come against the knife, but permit the roll of paper to approach the knife until all of it is removed. It will be plainly understood that the eccentric arrange- 5o ment of the supporting-stem with relation to the vertical center of the roll 10 will cause the center of the roll to approach the knife 3 as the stem is turned.

I do not in this application claim the broad 5 5 idea of a roll of paper held against a knife by means of the weight of the roll itself.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a fixed knife, a roll of paper, and a supporting-stem for the said roll, located eccentrically with relation to the center of said roll, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a fixed knife, a roll of paper, a supporting eccentric stem for said roll, and inclined bearing-surfaces for said stem, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a base having inclined bearing-surfaces, an eccentric stem having projectious bearing against said surfaces, a roll of paper supported by said stem, and a fixed knife, substantially as set forth.

4. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a base having a hollow extension provided with inclined bearing-surfaces, a stem fitting in said extension and provided with projections bearin g against said inclined So surfaces, a disk carried by said stem and upon which the roll of paper rests, and a fixed knife, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a base, a hollow extension 5, having inclined surfaces 11, a stem 6, having projections 12, and an arm 8 disk 7 on said stem, a roll of paper 10, resting on the disk and held thereon by a central core or rod, and a fixed knife 3, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES K. PICKLES.

IVitnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, THOS. KNIGHT. 

